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bola — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  • marble noun A hard, crystalline rock, often streaked with color, prized for sculpture and building.
  • sphere noun A perfectly round, three-dimensional shape, like a ball.
  • topic noun A subject that is being discussed, written about, or thought about.
  • tummy noun (informal, especially with children) The stomach or belly.

Senses

bola is used for these senses in English:

  • ball A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
  • ball A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
  • ball (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
  • ball (baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
  • ball (pinball, countable) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
  • ball (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
  • boule A round loaf of bread.
  • boule A round piece of dough.

ball — full definition

  1. noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  2. noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
  3. verb To form or roll something into a round shape.

marble — full definition

  1. noun A hard, crystalline rock, often streaked with color, prized for sculpture and building.
  2. noun A small, usually glass, ball used in children's games.
  3. noun The streaks of fat running through a cut of meat.
  4. verb To give something a streaked, swirled pattern like that of marble.
  5. adjective Made of, or resembling, marble; by extension, cold and unfeeling.

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